Colton Groome Financial Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 16,356 iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Colton Groome Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 16,356 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $376,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,763,508 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,527,054,000 after buying an additional 3,525,851 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 34.2% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 11,133,024 shares of the company’s stock valued at $261,069,000 after buying an additional 2,837,004 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% in the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 36,625,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,874,000 after purchasing an additional 2,642,472 shares during the last quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 18.2% in the fourth quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 11,332,555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $254,473,000 after purchasing an additional 1,741,584 shares during the period. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at about $33,768,000.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of GOVT stock opened at $22.56 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.93.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Profile

The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of fixed-rate nonconvertible U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of one year or more. GOVT was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.